He came over to England in 2000 and played in the Cambridgeshire Premier League for Wisbech Town Cricket Club taking over 50 wickets.
In 2006 he featured as overseas player for Herefordshire club Brockhampton, taking 56 wickets and scoring over 500 runs.
In June 2009 following consistent performances in domestic cricket Abdur Rauf was chosen in the 15-man Pakistani squad to tour Sri Lanka at the end of the month.
He played in the Boxing Day Test at the MCG but only picked up 1 wicket and 8 runs as Australia won.
He also dropped Shane Watson when the Australian batsman was on 99, allowing him to run through to complete his maiden Test century.